beautify i3wm

Motivation

I enjoy using i3wm, big time. You can switch to different windows/apps conveniently with it. The only problem to me is that it’s not beautiful enough, and it’s ridiculously small in my high-resolution screen. So I decided to change it a little bit.

Effect

Here is what you would get after applying the method.

Method

To change the appearance, you only need to modify the config file, usually it’s ~/.config/i3/config. Add the following lines.

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font pango:nimbus sans 18

bar {

status_command conky -c $HOME/.i3/conky/conkyrc

mode dock

position top

strip_workspace_numbers yes

colors {

background #F1F2F6

statusline #788491

separator #51c4d4

focused_workspace #F1F2F6 #F1F2F6 #4FC0E8

active_workspace #F1F2F6 #F1F2F6 #4FC0E8

inactive_workspace #F1F2F6 #F1F2F6 #C1D1E0

urgent_workspace #F1F2F6 #F1F2F6 #C1D1E0

}

}

Remove those lines.

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font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 10 (Or whatever the font is)

bar {

status_command i3status

}

Then install conky and font-awesome, create a new file ~/.i3/conky/conkyrc, put the following lines in it.